The intro was ridiculous. I also loved the D-Rich TV t-shirt he wore during the interview. Hopefully, this guy is a fixture at all of Conley's games this year. Maybe Brian can put him on the staff to cover recruiting.

I'm sure the #4 has something to do with it, but their size and upright running style are similar enough. Looking back at his high school tape, Minor might have had more top-end speed coming in (or he might have just played against inferior competition). Either way, I hope Hoke teaches Smith how to RAGE.

He plays for Howland, which is considered division II in Ohio. The competiton is not bad. Its not the best, but there are some good teams. My dad is very good friends with Howlands head coach, and he told my dad a while back how good of a running back he had. I had no idea that guy he was talking about would be a future wolverine. Also, I live close to Howland. If they have anymore thursday night games, ill check it out.

I've read his competition isn't very good, but at the same time I've also read that he is literally his whole team's offense (and also plays D) and everyone knows every other play is "give Deveon the ball". And he still destroys people.

Smith looked pretty good in those highlights. He has a bit of shifty-ness to him and has decent field vision, IMO. That hit that Thomas laid on the ball carrier was brutal. Can't wait to see him do that at Michigan.

Howland's schedule is decent, but nothing to write home about. He wont be playing against many other teams with D1 prospects. If you're comparing that to school like Massilon Washington or St Ignatius, the schedule is weak.

Kevin Grady was not slow at all, and would probably smoke Deveon Smith in a foot race. Grady's problems were 1) fumbling, 2) blowing out his knee, and 3) drinking to the point of passing out behind the wheel of an automobile.

Grady's drawbacks were nothing physical, which is why he was such an OMG five star recruit.

on 17 carries is impressive regardless. I dont care if he was playing against 11 midgets holding balloons in one hand. At that pace another 10 carries would have had him approaching state and national records. Im feeling really relaxed about Green's decision all of a sudden. I think we're good either way.

The significance is, one of their little hands would be occupied and therefore make it more difficult to tackle Mr Smith. Of course there are other items that would make it a little more challenging for them like bats, chains, guns etc., but then we would question their motives. Balloons are harmless...

When they show Smith taking a swig of Gatorade after scoring on the bench, I can't help but envision him on ESPN wearing the Maize and Blue doing the same thing after scoring a huge touchdown against our rivals.

I am from the Ashtabula Ohio where Lakeside is, and they are bad.. real bad. On a high note, it is the high school that Urban Meyer would probably go to if he was living in Ashtabula in the modern day.